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Matilda MkIII with full Interior
ChrisDM
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Joined: January 01, 2010
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Posted: Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 09:15 AM UTC
Hi Guys,

As some of you may have seen from Jim's news item, my company, Inside the Armour, recently released an interior for the Tamiya Matilda MkIII/IV (mm35300)

To show off what's inlcuded in the kit, I built one up for publicity and the table at shows, but people kept saying to me, 'its fine, but what can you see when the lid goes on?'

The answer is, a lot! so I decided to build another one up completely, paint and all for the stand. As it came out reasonably well by my standards (I'm not thr greatest with the paint) I thought I'd post some pictures

Now before I show them, an important caveat: because this is designed to show off what in the kit and what it looks like, I decided to build the kit and interior conversion out of the box. The Tamiya Matilda is ripe for superdetailling, so it was hard to resist, but I didn't want the finished model to be misleading

So, enough waffle, here it is:

















afv_rob
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Posted: Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 10:26 AM UTC
Nice work Chris! Certainly looks like a lot is visible through the hatches, cant wait to see what other interior sets you produce.
SteveReid
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Joined: September 07, 2007
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Posted: Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 12:58 PM UTC
Chris-
great looking model! You really can see quite a bit through the commanders hatch.

Nicely done!

Steve
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Posted: Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 04:41 PM UTC
Chris, I think that interior looks great. A really nice job on the model.
metooshelah
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Posted: Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 09:36 PM UTC
great job Chris, the interior looks very good!
AlanL
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Joined: August 12, 2005
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Posted: Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 10:26 PM UTC
Hi Chris,

Looks nice and busy in there. There is something very satisifying about a tank with an interior. With the hatches open you certainly know it's not just an empty space inside.

Interiors naturally draw you into the vehicle and make the viewing experience that much more enjoyable.

Great work.

Al

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